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WHY UTILITIES ARE CHOOSING SMART LoRaWAN ® CONNECTIVITY www.lora-alliance.org This is made possible with mandatory use of the adaptation layer standardized by the IETF (RC8724). There is a fast ecosystem adopting DLMS over LoRaWAN among many entities in the value chain, such as energy and gas utilities, network operators, smart meter manufacturers, software providers for the adaptation layer and system integrators. In addition, LoRaWAN developers can now create new LoRaWAN smart devices that can support DLMS for new applications, such as: • Smart metering for electricity, gas or water • Data exchange with private electricity vehicle charging stations • Energy health and usage monitoring services to support demand side management and energy monitoring Open Standard Solutions with Smart Water Networks Forum (SWAN) The benefits that IoT and LoRaWAN connectivity can bring to the water metering market are significant. LoRaWAN's ability to communicate over long distances and through barriers (concrete, underground) at low cost per connection make it ideal for metering applications. Key applications for utilities include access to real-time data, which enables leak identification, conservation of natural resources and saves end-users money; and that utilities can monitor water quality to ensure consumer safety, provide proper water distribution, plan for water availability through peak periods, and conduct correct billing Management. Since July 2020, the Smart Water Networks Forum (SWAN) and the LoRa Alliance ® are partnering to advance "smart," data-driven solutions in water networks, and drive adoption of the LoRaWAN open standard in the water metering sector. As smart water metering is the leading use case for LoRa, this liaison aims to enable a larger adoption of open standards for intelligent water management applications such as smart water metering, intelligent asset management, waste water network monitoring, water quality monitoring and flood and stormwater management. USE CASES EUROPE Zenner & Stromnetz Hamburg, Germany Based on previous success, German water and heat meter provider Zenner continues to partner with utility Stromnetz Hamburg to roll out LoRaWAN-powered, sub-water metering and smoke detection projects for several commercial and residential properties. In addition, 34 mountain village schools were equipped with multi-metering technology in partnership with HAMBURG WASSER and gas net Hamburg GmbH. A LoRaWAN network was implemented for this purpose in nearly the entire southwest of Hamburg. Together with other companies in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg implementing a wide variety of similar projects, an area-wide LoRaWAN network for the whole of Hamburg is expected to be realized by the end of 2020. Unidata, Italy Unidata, a leading telecom currently focused on the study and development of LoRa wireless transmission technology and the related LoRaWAN network standard, has rolled out a LoRaWAN network with water utility provider Gestione Acqua. The deployment of nearly 3,000 Itron smart water meters, with a battery life of 10 years, has provided hourly consumption data sent twice a day to Unidata's connectivity platform, UniOrchestra (PaaS), which is also able to indicate water leaks. The successful, cost-effective deployment has greatly increased efficiency and ROI for the utility company. FACSA, Spain FACSA, which manages water control and tracking in more than 70 cities to serve more than four million citizens in the region of Castellon de la Plana in Spain, has connected different water meters to the IoTsens cloud platform via LoRaWAN and through a LoRaWAN server operated by IoTsens. The implementation began with a proof of concept